Author Archives Greg Matses

All-Star JAMboree

Johnson State College

7pm – Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson VT
.. with Greg Matses (guitar), Ray Paczkowski (keys), Russ Lawton (drums) & Rob Morse (bass) ..

featuring members of the Trey Anastasio Band, Soule Monde, Vorcza and more… laying down funky original grooves and instrumental arrangements of select rock classics!

This is a Creative Audience event for JSC students!  Free and open to all..  info at www.jsc.edu ..

No Glue (1st CD)

(1999)

The first No Glue CD – this recording was improvised live over the course of our first three gigs between 10/98 and 4/99 ..

Gabe Jarrett – drums, “unusual” beats
Stacy Starkweather – bass, disturbances (right channel)
Greg Matses – guitar synthesizer, guitar (left channel)

  No Glue CD back cover

Sidebar Mix

Sidebar Mix  is a “mix tape” of unreleased tracks, singles, album cuts and oddities kicking around my hard drive – all these tunes were recorded in my home studio ..

Bum  (© 1995-2003 Greg Matses):  I originally wrote Bum in 1995 and first performed it with my band Hap. Since then, I’ve performed it with the Channel 2 Dub Band, Tammy Fletcher & the Disciples and the Shed Band. This take was recorded in my home studio in 2003. It features: Greg Matses (guitars, voices), Gabe Jarrett (drums), Chris “Bula” Henry (bass), Dave Grippo (saxophone), Jen Hartswick (trumpet, laughs) and Andrew Moroz (trombone) .. Bum received Honorable Mention in the 2004 Billboard Magazine World Song Contest and was an Honor Award Winner in the 2003 Great American Song Contest ..

Tribal Love Dance  (© 1993 Greg Matses): recorded in 1992 as part of the 4-song hap cassette .. Greg Matses (acoustic & electric guitars, Alesis HR-16 drum programming), Leslie McCurdy (bass) ..

Rollercoaster  (© 2005 Greg Matses): recorded by the Shed Band in 2005 .. Greg Matses (guitars, voices), Stacy Starkweather (bass), Gabe Jarrett (drums) ..

Come Together  (© 1969 Lennon-McCartney): a Shed Band take on the Beatles classic – recorded in 2005 .. Greg Matses (guitars, voices, kazooka), Stacy Starkweather (bass), Gabe Jarrett (drums) ..